Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the
way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war
and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They ha
ve enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the
great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilizatio
n and helped make us who we are. Chinese philosophy with his belief that the gre
atest goal in life was pursuit of The Way': a search for virtue not as a means t
o rewards in this world or the next, but as the pinnacle of human existence.
